Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈfleɪki/
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ˈfleɪkiː
Adjective
Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
Unreliable; likely to make plans with others but then abandon those plans.
Usage- Informal
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I have noticed that when hustlers upgrade themselves to models (as distinguished from models who have never hustled) they tend to continue being flaky about appointments. On my last trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, I was stood up twice.
Unreliable; working only on an intermittent basis; likely due to malfunction.
Usage- Informal
- of a thing
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I cannot enjoy the online game because of my flaky Internet connection.
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Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.
Adjective
made of or resembling flakes
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flaky soap
made of or easily forming flakes
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conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
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restaurants of bizarre design — one like a hat, another like a rabbit
famed for his eccentric spelling
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a freakish combination of styles
his off-the-wall antics
the outlandish clothes of teenagers
outre and affected stage antics